Sheng Di Huang (Rehmannia)

Submitted by yyh_staff on Tue, 2007-10-02 11:45.
Chinese Name: 
Sheng Di Huang
English Name: 
Rehmannia
Functions and Usage: 
  • Clears Heat, Cools Blood. High fever, thirst, scarlet tongue, hemorrhage due to heat in the Blood.
  • Nourishes Yin, Generates Fluids. Yin Deficiency with heat signs with injury to body fluids. Dry mouth, low-grade fever, constipation, throat pain from yin deficiency.
  • Cools Ascending Heart Fire (HT, LV). Mouth and tongue sores, irritability, insomnia, malar flush.
  • Wasting thirst disorder.
Functional Groupings (Click for Summary/Study Notes): 
Dosage and Preparation Notes: 
  • Dosage: 9-30g
Channels Influenced: 
Temperature and Taste Properties: 
Contraindications: 

Spleen Deficiency, Yang Deficiency, Damp Phlegm, Digestion Difficulties.

Notes: 

Compare with Xuan Shen: Both are for internal heat syndromes with yin deficiency. Clears heat from qi, ying, and blood levels.

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